Disabilities and Categories

Question 1

A severe impairment that adversely affects a child’s education performance. This term includes impairments caused by congenital anomaly ( club foot, absence of some member) , impairments caused by disease (poliomyelitis, bone tuberculosis) an impairment from (cerebral palsy, amputation, and fractures or burns that cause contractures)

Answer 1

Orthopedic impairment

Question 2

having limited strength, vitality, or alertness, including a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli, that results in limited alertness with respect to the educational environment, that—

(i) Is due to chronic or acute health problems such as asthma, attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, epilepsy, a heart condition, hemophilia, lead poisoning, leukemia, nephritis, rheumatic fever, sickle cell anemia, and Tourette syndrome; and

(ii) Adversely affects a child’s educational performance

Answer 2

Other health impairment

Question 3

The most common type of dwarfism

Answer 3

achondroplasia

Question 4

this is a term for low muscle tone

Answer 4

Hypotonia

Question 5

this is the term for increased muscle tone

Answer 5

Hypertonia or spasticity

Question 6

if someone has an amputation that is classified AK, what does that mean?

Answer 6

Above the knee

Question 7

What does TBI stand for?

Answer 7

Traumatic brain injury

Question 8

when a person has a spinal cord injury, this determines the severity of their paralysis

Answer 8

The location of the injury

Question 9

The type of cerebral palsy that a person has is indicated by

Answer 9

how many limbs are affected and the type of motor disorder (hypotonic diplegia spastic hemiplegia)

Question 10

if a student receives only adapted PE services or APE is their primary service, they are more likely eligible under what two IDEA eligibility categories?

Answer 10

OI or OHI